Underground City Tour

I took the public bus to downtown Seattle after eating breakfast with Jeff's judging friends. Arriving downtown, I briefly wandering around Pike Place before walking about a mile eastwards along the waterfront towards Pioneer Square, where I had booked a tour of Seattle's Underground City.

In the 1880s, a big fire burned down most of Seattle's first downtown - a roughly two block area centered around Pioneer Square. Prior to that, the original city had been built on an area that had been prone to flooding, and there was no space for infrastructure such as sewers. After the fire, the city rebuilt itself one level up, and the original city went underground - literally and figuratively.

The underground tour was fascinating. The docent regaled us with a lot of information about the history of the area, and what happened when the original city was built over. The most fascinating snippet of information for me was how skylights brought natural light into the underground. Descriptions of the activities what went underground - think speakeasies, burlesque shows, and opium dens - were also fascinating. Overall, this was a great tour and it was well worth the $20 fee.

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